Need a Quick CSS Fix...Pleaassseeee

[RiverRat]

Okay I'm redoing my Zen Cart. 
I really did try going to the w3school thingy, but my tired ADD brain took one look and shut down.

So I'm hoping someone here can just send me directly where I need to go to fix this:

On my navigation bar and my sideboxes my 'hover' color is white.  They're kinda dark colored and need this.  BUT  I don't want the 'hover' in my centerbox to be white. 

Is it possible to change this?  If so, what do I need to add to my stylesheet?

Here's a link 'cause I know it's easier to offer suggestions if you can see the site: My Website

Any and all help will be gratefully accepted and appreciated!! 

Edited to add:  If you click on any of the links in the centerbox, you will end up at my live/old site.  I haven't changed the domain over yet for this 'new and improved' site.

[thentavius]

I see what you're talking about.

I think you have to use a different tag to define the links in the center part of the page, and then define their effects.

Let me mess around a bit.

[thentavius]

Can you post your CSS file?

[bargainbloodhound]

(example from 1.37 classic template)

Code:

a:hover, #navEZPagesTOC ul li a:hover, #navMain ul li a:hover, #navSupp ul li a:hover, #navCatTabs ul li a:hover {
    color: #FF0000;
    }

change to:

Code:

#navEZPagesTOC ul li a:hover, #navMain ul li a:hover, #navSupp ul li a:hover, #navCatTabs ul li a:hover {
    color: #FF0000;
    }

a:hover {
    color: #9629DF;
    }

EDIT: you're under no obligation to keep the purple hover color :twistedevil:

[RiverRat]

[quote author=thentavius link=topic=6888.msg41623#msg41623 date=1170126562]
Can you post your CSS file?
[/quote]


Don't laugh...too hard.  It may be a mess.  I'm still learning this CSS stuff. 

Code:

/**
* Main CSS Stylesheet
*
* @package templateSystem
* @copyright Copyright 2003-2006 Zen Cart Development Team
* @copyright Portions Copyright 2003 osCommerce
* @license http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt GNU Public License V2.0
* @version $Id: stylesheet.css 3215 2006-03-20 06:05:55Z birdbrain $
*/

body {
    margin: 0 auto;
                padding: 0;
      font-family: verdana,tahoma,arial,sans-serif;
    font-size: 67.8%;
    color: #000000;
    background-color: #94947b;
        }

a img {border: none; }

.greeting {
        font-size: 1.2em;
        }

a:link, #navEZPagesTOC ul li a {
    color: #000000;
    text-decoration: none;
    }

a:visited {
    color: #000000;
    text-decoration: none;
    }


a:hover, #navEZPagesTOC ul li a:hover, #navMain ul li a:hover, #navSupp ul li a:hover, #navCatTabs ul li a:hover {
    color: #ffffff;
    }

a:active {
    color: #94947b;
    }

h1 {
    font-size: 1.5em;
    }

h2 {
    font-size: 1.4em;
    }

h3 {
    font-size: 1.3em;
    }

h4, h5, h6, h4.optionName, LEGEND, ADDRESS, .sideBoxContent, .larger{
    font-size: 1.1em;
    }

.biggerText {
    font-size: 1.0em;
    }

h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
    margin: 0.3em;
    }

CODE {
    font-family: arial, verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size: 1em;
    }

FORM, SELECT, INPUT {
    display: inline;
    font-size: 1em;
    margin: 0.1em;
    }

TEXTAREA {
    margin: auto;
    display: block;
    width: 95%;
    }

input:focus, select:focus, textarea:focus {
    background: #cecebd;
    }

FIELDSET {
    padding: 0.5em;
    margin: 0.5em 0em;
    border: 1px solid #cccccc;
    }

LEGEND {
    font-weight: bold;
    padding: 0.3em;
                color: #000000;
    }

LABEL, h4.optionName {
    line-height: 1em;
    padding: 0.1em;
    }

LABEL.checkboxLabel, LABEL.radioButtonLabel {
    margin: 0.5em 0.3em;
    }

#logo {
    text-align: center;
    }

.centerBoxContents, .specialsListBoxContents, .categoryListBoxContents, .centerBoxContentsAlsoPurch, .attribImg {
    float: left;
    }

LABEL.inputLabel {
    width: 11em;
    float: left;
    }

LABEL.inputLabelPayment {
    width: 15em;
    float: left;
    }

LABEL.selectLabel, LABEL.switchedLabel, LABEL.uploadsLabel  {
    width: 12em;
    float: left;
    }

P, ADDRESS {
    padding: 0.5em;
    }

ADDRESS {
    font-style: normal;
    }

.clearBoth {
    clear: both;
    }

HR {
    height: 1px;
    margin-top: 0.5em;
    border: none;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #cacaca;
    }

/*warnings, errors, messages*/
.messageStackWarning, .messageStackError, .messageStackSuccess, .messageStackCaution {
    line-height: 1.8em;
    padding: 0.2em;
    border: 1px solid #000000;
    }

.messageStackWarning, .messageStackError {
    background-color: #ff0000;
    color: #ffffff;
    }

.messageStackSuccess {
    background-color: #99FF99;
    color: #000000;
    }

.messageStackCaution {
    background-color: #FFFF66;
    color: #000000;
    }

/*wrappers - page or section containers*/
#mainWrapper {
    background-color: #cecebd;
    text-align: left;
    width: 100%;
    vertical-align: top;
    }

#logoWrapper{
       background-image: url(../images/header_bg.jpg);
       background-repeat: repeat-x;
       background-color: #cecebd;
       height:152px;
       }
    
#headerWrapper, #contentMainWrapper, #cartBoxListWrapper, #ezPageBoxList, #cartBoxListWrapper ul, #ezPageBoxList ul, #mainWrapper, #popupAdditionalImage, #popupImage {
    margin: 0em;
    padding: 0em;
    }

.centerBoxWrapper, .tabTable {
    padding: 0px;
    height: 1%; /*do not remove- IEhack*/
                background-color: #94947b;
    margin-bottom: 1em;
    }

#navColumnOneWrapper, #navColumnTwoWrapper, #mainWrapper {
    margin: auto;
    }

#tagline {
display: none;
    }

#sendSpendWrapper {
    border: 1px solid #cacaca;
    float: right;
    margin: 0em 0em 1em 1em;
    }

.floatingBox, #accountLinksWrapper, #sendSpendWrapper, #checkoutShipto, #checkoutBillto, #navEZPagesTOCWrapper {
    margin: 0;
    width: 47%;
    }

.wrapperAttribsOptions {
    margin: 0.3em 0em;
    }

/*navigation*/

.navSplitPagesResult {}
.navSplitPagesLinks {}
.navNextPrevCounter {
    margin: 0em;
    font-size: 0.9em;
    }
.navNextPrevList {
    display: inline;
    white-space: nowrap;
    margin: 0;
    padding:  0.5em 0em;
    list-style-type: none;
    }

#navMainWrapper, #navSuppWrapper, #navCatTabsWrapper {
    margin: 0.5em;
                padding: 0em;
    background-color: #494a44;
                background: url(../images/ratwood.gif) top center repeat;
    border-top: 2px solid #494a44;
    border-left: 1px solid #494a44;
    border-right: 2px solid #494a44;
    font-weight: bold;
    color: #000000;
    height: 1%;
    }

#navMain ul, #navSupp ul, #navCatTabs ul  {
    margin: 0;
    padding:  0.5em 0em;
    list-style-type: none;
    text-align: left;
                font-size: 1.2em;
    line-height: 1.5em;
    }

#navMain ul li, #navSupp ul li, #navCatTabs ul li {
    display: inline;
    white-space: nowrap;
    }

#navMain ul li a, #navSupp ul li a, #navCatTabs ul li a {
    text-decoration: none;
    padding: 0em 0.5em;
    margin: 0.5;
    color: #000000;
    }

#navEZPagesTOCWrapper {
    font-weight: bold;
    float: right;
    height: 1%;
    border: 1px solid #000000;
    }

#navEZPagesTOC ul {
    margin: 0;
    padding:  0.5em 0em;
    list-style-type: none;
    line-height: 1.5em;
    }

#navEZPagesTOC ul li {
    white-space: nowrap;
    }

#navEZPagesTOC ul li a {
    padding: 0em 0.5em;
    margin: 0;
    }

#navCategoryIcon, .buttonRow, #indexProductListCatDescription {
    margin: 0.5em;
    }

#navMainSearch, .navMainSearch {
    float: right;
        margin: 0.5em;
    }

#navBreadCrumb {
    background-color: #cecebd;
    }

#navEZPagesTop {
    background-color: #cecebd;
    }

#navBreadCrumb, #navEZPagesTop {
    font-size: 0.95em;
    font-weight: bold;
    margin: 0.5em;
    padding: 0.5em;
    }

#navColumnOne {}
#navColumnTwo {}

/*The main content classes*/
#contentColumnMain, #navColumnOne, #navColumnTwo, .centerBoxContents, .specialsListBoxContents, .categoryListBoxContents, .additionalImages, .centerBoxContentsSpecials, .centerBoxContentsAlsoPurch, .centerBoxContentsFeatured, .centerBoxContentsNew, .alert {
    vertical-align: top;
    }

.content, #productDescription, .shippingEstimatorWrapper {
    font-size: 1.2em;
    padding: 0.5em;
    }

.alert {
    color: #FF0000;
    margin-left: 0.5em;
    }

.advisory {}

.important {
    font-weight: bold;
    }

.notice {}
.rating{}

.gvBal {
    float: right;
    }

.centerColumn, #bannerOne, #bannerTwo,  #bannerThree,  #bannerFour,  #bannerFive,  #bannerSix {
    padding: 0.9em;
    }

.smallText, #siteinfoLegal, #siteinfoCredits, #siteinfoStatus, #siteinfoIP {
    font-size: 0.9em;
                background-color: #94947b;
    }

/*Shopping Cart Display*/
#cartAdd {
    float: right;
    text-align: center;
    margin: 1em;
                margin-right: 4em;
                background-color: #a5a58c;
    border: 1px solid #494a44;
    padding: 0.5em;
    }

.tableHeading TH {
    border-bottom: 1px solid #494a44;
    }

.tableHeading, #cartSubTotal {
    background-color: #bdbdad;
     }

#cartSubTotal {
    border-top: 1px solid #494a44;
    font-weight: bold;
    text-align: right;
    line-height: 2.2em;
    padding-right: 2.5em;
    }

.tableRow, .tableHeading, #cartSubTotal {
    height: 2.2em;
    }

.cartProductDisplay, .cartUnitDisplay, .cartTotalDisplay, .cartRemoveItemDisplay, .cartQuantityUpdate, .cartQuantity, #cartInstructionsDisplay, .cartTotalsDisplay   {
    padding: 0.5em 0em;
    }

.cartUnitDisplay, .cartTotalDisplay {
    text-align: right;
    padding-right: 0.2em;
    }

#scUpdateQuantity {
    width: 2em;
    }

.cartQuantity {
    width: 4.7em;
    }

.cartNewItem {
    color: #33CC33;
    position: relative;  /*do not remove-fixes stupid IEbug*/
    }

.cartOldItem {
    color: #606000;
    position: relative;   /*do not remove-fixes stupid IEbug*/
    }

.cartBoxTotal {
    text-align: right;
    font-weight: bold;
    }

.cartRemoveItemDisplay {
    width: 3.5em;
    }

#cartAttribsList {
    margin-left: 1em;
    }

#mediaManager {
    width: 50%;
    margin: 0.2em;
    padding: 0.5em;
    }

.normalprice, .productSpecialPriceSale {
    text-decoration: line-through;
    }

.productSpecialPrice, .productSalePrice, .productSpecialPriceSale, .productPriceDiscount {
    color: #ff0000;
    }

#cartBoxListWrapper ul, #ezPageBoxList ul {
    list-style-type: none;
    }

#cartBoxListWrapper li, #ezPageBoxList li, .cartBoxTotal {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0.2em 0em;
    }

.totalBox {
    width: 5.5em;
    text-align: right;
    padding: 0.2em;
    }

.lineTitle, .amount {
    text-align: right;
    padding: 0.2em;
    }

.amount {
    width: 5.5em;
    }

/*Image Display*/
#productMainImage, #reviewsInfoDefaultProductImage, #productReviewsDefaultProductImage, #reviewWriteMainImage {
    margin: 0em 1em 1em 0em ;
    }

.categoryIcon {}
#cartImage {
    margin: 0.5em 1em;
    }

/*Attributes*/
.attribImg {
    width: 20%;
    margin: 0.3em 0em;
}

.attributesComments {}

/*list box contents*/
.centerBoxContents, .specialsListBoxContents, .categoryListBoxContents, .additionalImages, .centerBoxContentsSpecials, .centerBoxContentsAlsoPurch, .centerBoxContentsFeatured, .centerBoxContentsNew {
    margin: 1em 0em;
    }

/*sideboxes*/

h3.leftBoxHeading, h3.rightBoxHeading, h2.centerBoxHeading {
        font-size: 1.2em;
        color: #000000;
    }

h3.leftBoxHeading a, h3.rightBoxHeading a, h2.centerBoxHeading a {
        font-size: 1.2em;
        color: #000000;
    }

.leftBoxHeading, .rightBoxHeading, .centerBoxHeading {
    margin: 0.5em;
                background: url(../images/ratwood.gif) top center repeat-x;
    border-top: 2px solid #494a44;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #494a44;
    border-left: 1px solid #494a44;
    border-right: 2px solid #494a44;
    padding: 0.5em 0.3em;
    }

.leftBoxContainer, .rightBoxContainer {
        margin-bottom: 1em;
        margin-top: 1em;
    }

.sideBoxContent {
                color: #cecebd;
    padding: 0.1em;
    }
    
h3.leftBoxHeading a:hover, h3.rightBoxHeading a:hover {
    color: #cecebd;
    text-decoration: none;
    }

.centeredContent, TH, #cartEmptyText, #cartBoxGVButton, #navCatTabsWrapper, #navEZPageNextPrev, #bannerOne, #bannerTwo,  #bannerThree,  #bannerFour,  #bannerFive,  #bannerSix, #siteinfoLegal, #siteinfoCredits, #siteinfoStatus, #siteinfoIP, .center, .cartRemoveItemDisplay, .cartQuantityUpdate, .cartQuantity, .cartTotalsDisplay, #cartBoxGVBalance, .leftBoxHeading, .centerBoxHeading,.rightBoxHeading, .productListing-data, .accountQuantityDisplay, .ratingRow, LABEL#textAreaReviews, #productMainImage, #reviewsInfoDefaultProductImage, #productReviewsDefaultProductImage, #reviewWriteMainImage, .centerBoxContents, .specialsListBoxContents, .categoryListBoxContents, .additionalImages, .centerBoxContentsSpecials, .centerBoxContentsAlsoPurch, .centerBoxContentsFeatured, .centerBoxContentsNew, .gvBal, .attribImg {
    text-align: center;
    }

#bestsellers .wrapper {
    margin: 0em 0em 0em 1.5em;
    }

#bestsellers ol {
    padding: 0;
    margin-left: 1.1em;
    }

#bestsellers li {
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0.3em 0em 0.3em 0em;
    }

#upProductsHeading {
    text-align: left;
    }

#upDateHeading {
    text-align: right;
    }

.productListing-data img {
       padding:8px;
       }

.productListing-even {
       background-color:#f0f0f0;
       }

.productListing-odd {
       background-color:#fafafa;
       }

.productListing-heading {
       border-bottom: 2px solid #ffffff;
       }

/*misc*/
.back {
    float: left;
    }

.forward {
    float: right;
    }

.bold {
    font-weight: bold;
    }

.rowOdd {
    background-color: #E8E8E8;
    height: 1.5em;
    vertical-align: top;
    }

.rowEven {
    background-color: #F0F0F0;
    height: 1.5em;
    vertical-align: top;
    }

CAPTION {
    /*display: none;*/
    }

#myAccountGen li, #myAccountNotify li {
    margin: 0;
    }

.accountTotalDisplay, .accountTaxDisplay {
    width: 20%;
    text-align: right;
    /*vertical-align: top*/
    }

.accountQuantityDisplay {
    width: 10%;
    vertical-align: top
    }

TR.tableHeading {
    background-color: #a5a58c;
    height: 2em;
    }

#siteMapList {
    width: 90%;
    float: right;
    }

.ratingRow {
    margin: 1em 0em 1.5em 0em;
    }

LABEL#textAreaReviews {
    font-weight: normal;
    margin: 1em 0em;
    }

#popupShippingEstimator, #popupSearchHelp, #popupAdditionalImage, #popupImage, #popupCVVHelp, #popupCouponHelp, #popupAtrribsQuantityPricesHelp {
    background-color: #ffffff;
    }

.hiddenField {
       display: none;
       }

.visibleField {
      display: inline;
      }
#ccacceptContent {
        text-align:center;
        padding:3px 0px;
        line-height:1.5em;
        background-color: #a5a58c;
        border-top: 1px solid #494a44;
        border-bottom: 1px solid #494a44;
        border-left: 1px solid #494a44;
        border-right: 2px solid #494a44;
       }

[RiverRat]

Wow you're quick BBH! 

You must have posted while I was trying to figure out how to put my code in.  LOL

I'll try that and see if that works.  Who knows, the purple may look good! 

[thentavius]

LOL! BBH is quick.

[RiverRat]

I now have a white hover on the navigation bar and a beautiful purple hover in the centerbox.  Yeah! 
Unfortunately, I also have purple hover in my sideboxes now. 

Can I pick your brain again?
I really apologize for being so dense on this.
Normally, I can experiment and eventually get it right, but I've apparently got 'brain lock' or something on this one. 

I only had to go over my stylesheet three times last night to find the other line of code. 
As my Grandma always used to say, "If it'd been a snake it woulda bit me!" and I'm sure this is another one of those plain as day changes I'm just not seeing.  LOL

I think I need to get a copy of "CSS for Dummies". 

[RiverRat]

WooHoo!!!  I found it!   

After three cups of coffee and more cigarettes than I'd care to count, I found the fix!

I found this in the BetterCategoriesEZInfo.css file:

Code:

.betterCategories a:hover, .betterCategories a:active,
.betterDocuments a:hover, .betterDocuments a:active,
.betterEzpages a:hover, .betterEzpages a:active,
.betterInformation a:hover, .betterInformation a:active,
.betterMoreinformation a:hover, .betterMoreinformation a:active,
.betterBestsellers a:hover, .betterBestsellers a:active {
                 background-color: #494a44;
}

And changed it to this:

Code:

.betterCategories a:hover, .betterCategories a:active,
.betterDocuments a:hover, .betterDocuments a:active,
.betterEzpages a:hover, .betterEzpages a:active,
.betterInformation a:hover, .betterInformation a:active,
.betterMoreinformation a:hover, .betterMoreinformation a:active,
.betterBestsellers a:hover, .betterBestsellers a:active {
                   color: #ffffff;
                   background-color: #494a44;
}

Works great now. 
Now lets go see what else I can mess up. 

[bargainbloodhound]

I think I need to get a copy of "CSS for Dummies". 

I know I need to get a copy of "The 12 Step Program to Forcing Yourself to Use CSS: How to Break Your Addiction to 1998 Coding Methods".  View source on this page and you'll see why.  :-[